People who bought this also bought...

Dead I Well May Be

By:
Adrian McKinty

Narrated by:
Gerard Doyle

Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
2,057

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,427

Story

4 out of 5 stars
1,422

Young Michael, an illegal immigrant escaping the troubles in Northern Ireland is strong and fearless and clever, just the fellow to be tapped by Darkey, a crime boss, to join a gang of Irish thugs struggling against the rising Dominican powers in Harlem and the Bronx. The time is pre-Giuliani New York, when crack rules the city, squatters live furtively in ruined buildings, and hundreds are murdered each month.

5 out of 5 stars

What an amazing book

By
Starbuck
on
03-11-06

Hidden River

By:
Adrian McKinty

Narrated by:
Gerard Doyle

Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
2,012

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,563

Story

4 out of 5 stars
1,546

Alexander Lawson is a former detective for Northern Ireland's police force. After a disastrous six-month stint in the drug squad, he became addicted to heroin and resigned in disgrace. Now 24, sickly, and on the dole, Alex learns that his high-school love, Victoria Patawasti, has been murdered in America. Victoria's wealthy family sends Alex to Colorado to investigate the case, and he seizes the opportunity for a chance at redemption.

5 out of 5 stars

My favorite McKinty novel

By
Dave
on
04-04-11

Falling Glass

By:
Adrian McKinty

Narrated by:
Gerard Doyle

Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
2,576

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
2,191

Story

4 out of 5 stars
2,173

Richard Coulter is a man who has everything. His beautiful new wife is pregnant, his upstart airline is undercutting the competition and moving from strength to strength, his diversification into the casino business in Macau has been successful, and his fabulous Art Deco house on an Irish cliff top has just been featured in Architectural Digest. But then, for some reason, his ex-wife Rachel doesn’t keep her side of the custody agreement and vanishes off the face of the earth with Richard’s two daughters. Richard hires Killian, a formidable ex-enforcer for the IRA, to track her down before Rachel, a recovering drug addict, harms herself or the girls.

5 out of 5 stars

Hold on to your seat!!!

By
Cheryl
on
03-09-11

The Cold, Cold Ground

Detective Sean Duffy, Book 1

By:
Adrian McKinty

Narrated by:
Gerard Doyle

Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
3,555

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
3,223

Story

4 out of 5 stars
3,203

Adrian McKinty was born in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland. He studied politics and philosophy at Oxford before moving to America in the early 1990s. Living first in Harlem, he found employment as a construction worker, barman, and bookstore clerk. In 2000 he moved to Denver to become a high school English teacher and it was there that he began writing fiction.

5 out of 5 stars

What a stunning book

By
Alan
on
01-17-12

The Sun Is God

By:
Adrian McKinty

Narrated by:
Gerard Doyle

Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins

Unabridged

Overall

3.5 out of 5 stars
446

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
391

Story

3.5 out of 5 stars
390

Colonial New Guinea, 1906: A small group of mostly German nudists lives an extreme back-to-nature existence on the remote island of Kabakon. Eating only coconuts and bananas, they purport to worship the sun. One of their members, Max Lutzow, has recently died, allegedly from malaria. But an autopsy on his body in the nearby capital of Herbertshöhe raises suspicions about foul play.

5 out of 5 stars

Fascinating! McKinty always blows my socks off.

By
6catz
on
01-12-15

The Ghosts of Belfast

By:
Stuart Neville

Narrated by:
Gerard Doyle

Length: 11 hrs and 1 min

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
2,200

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,494

Story

4 out of 5 stars
1,500

Fegan has been a "hard man" - an IRA killer in Northern Ireland. Now that peace has come, he is being haunted day and night by 12 ghosts: a mother and infant, a schoolboy, a butcher, an RUC constable, and seven other of his innocent victims. In order to appease them, he's going to have to kill the men who gave him orders. As he's working his way down the list, he encounters a woman who may offer him redemption; she has borne a child to an RUC officer and is an outsider too.

5 out of 5 stars

What an unexpected good read!

By
DPM
on
08-24-10

Dead I Well May Be

By:
Adrian McKinty

Narrated by:
Gerard Doyle

Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
2,057

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,427

Story

4 out of 5 stars
1,422

Young Michael, an illegal immigrant escaping the troubles in Northern Ireland is strong and fearless and clever, just the fellow to be tapped by Darkey, a crime boss, to join a gang of Irish thugs struggling against the rising Dominican powers in Harlem and the Bronx. The time is pre-Giuliani New York, when crack rules the city, squatters live furtively in ruined buildings, and hundreds are murdered each month.

5 out of 5 stars

What an amazing book

By
Starbuck
on
03-11-06

Hidden River

By:
Adrian McKinty

Narrated by:
Gerard Doyle

Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
2,012

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,563

Story

4 out of 5 stars
1,546

Alexander Lawson is a former detective for Northern Ireland's police force. After a disastrous six-month stint in the drug squad, he became addicted to heroin and resigned in disgrace. Now 24, sickly, and on the dole, Alex learns that his high-school love, Victoria Patawasti, has been murdered in America. Victoria's wealthy family sends Alex to Colorado to investigate the case, and he seizes the opportunity for a chance at redemption.

5 out of 5 stars

My favorite McKinty novel

By
Dave
on
04-04-11

Falling Glass

By:
Adrian McKinty

Narrated by:
Gerard Doyle

Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
2,576

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
2,191

Story

4 out of 5 stars
2,173

Richard Coulter is a man who has everything. His beautiful new wife is pregnant, his upstart airline is undercutting the competition and moving from strength to strength, his diversification into the casino business in Macau has been successful, and his fabulous Art Deco house on an Irish cliff top has just been featured in Architectural Digest. But then, for some reason, his ex-wife Rachel doesn’t keep her side of the custody agreement and vanishes off the face of the earth with Richard’s two daughters. Richard hires Killian, a formidable ex-enforcer for the IRA, to track her down before Rachel, a recovering drug addict, harms herself or the girls.

5 out of 5 stars

Hold on to your seat!!!

By
Cheryl
on
03-09-11

The Cold, Cold Ground

Detective Sean Duffy, Book 1

By:
Adrian McKinty

Narrated by:
Gerard Doyle

Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
3,555

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
3,223

Story

4 out of 5 stars
3,203

Adrian McKinty was born in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland. He studied politics and philosophy at Oxford before moving to America in the early 1990s. Living first in Harlem, he found employment as a construction worker, barman, and bookstore clerk. In 2000 he moved to Denver to become a high school English teacher and it was there that he began writing fiction.

5 out of 5 stars

What a stunning book

By
Alan
on
01-17-12

The Sun Is God

By:
Adrian McKinty

Narrated by:
Gerard Doyle

Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins

Unabridged

Overall

3.5 out of 5 stars
446

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
391

Story

3.5 out of 5 stars
390

Colonial New Guinea, 1906: A small group of mostly German nudists lives an extreme back-to-nature existence on the remote island of Kabakon. Eating only coconuts and bananas, they purport to worship the sun. One of their members, Max Lutzow, has recently died, allegedly from malaria. But an autopsy on his body in the nearby capital of Herbertshöhe raises suspicions about foul play.

5 out of 5 stars

Fascinating! McKinty always blows my socks off.

By
6catz
on
01-12-15

The Ghosts of Belfast

By:
Stuart Neville

Narrated by:
Gerard Doyle

Length: 11 hrs and 1 min

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
2,200

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,494

Story

4 out of 5 stars
1,500

Fegan has been a "hard man" - an IRA killer in Northern Ireland. Now that peace has come, he is being haunted day and night by 12 ghosts: a mother and infant, a schoolboy, a butcher, an RUC constable, and seven other of his innocent victims. In order to appease them, he's going to have to kill the men who gave him orders. As he's working his way down the list, he encounters a woman who may offer him redemption; she has borne a child to an RUC officer and is an outsider too.

5 out of 5 stars

What an unexpected good read!

By
DPM
on
08-24-10

The Lighthouse Land

The Lighthouse Trilogy, Book 1

By:
Adrian McKinty

Narrated by:
Gerard Doyle

Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins

Unabridged

Overall

3.5 out of 5 stars
345

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
279

Story

3.5 out of 5 stars
276

When Jamie’s mother inherits a small island and moves her little family from Harlem to Ireland, her troubled son sees a chance to start over, far away from the bullies and the pitying stares. Cancer has left Jamie without an arm or the will to speak. But Muck Island is no sanctuary, and it offers more than solitude and sea views. Jamie learns that he is heir to an ancient title—Laird of Muck, Guardian of the Passage—and certain otherworldly responsibilities.

A Dark So Deadly

By:
Stuart MacBride

Narrated by:
Steve Worsley

Length: 21 hrs and 2 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
402

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
374

Story

4 out of 5 stars
370

Welcome to the Misfit Mob... It's where Police Scotland dumps the officers it can't get rid of but wants to: the outcasts, the troublemakers, the compromised. Officers like DC Callum MacGregor, lumbered with all the boring go-nowhere cases. So when an ancient mummy turns up at the Oldcastle tip, it's his job to find out which museum it's been stolen from. But then Callum uncovers links between his ancient corpse and three missing young men, and life starts to get a lot more interesting.

5 out of 5 stars

Deranged and Murder-ey

By
6catz
on
04-24-17

Dallas Noir

By:
David Hale Smith

Narrated by:
Scott Brick,
Jennifer Van Dyck,
John McLain,
and others

Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
9

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
9

Story

4 out of 5 stars
9

My favorite line in my favorite song about Dallas goes like this: Dallas is a rich man with a death wish in his eyes / A steel and concrete soul in a warm heart and love disguise... The narrator of Jimmie Dale Gilmore's perfect tune Dallas" is coming to town as a broke dreamer with the bright lights of the big city on his mind. He's just seen the Dallas cityscape through the window of his seat on a DC-9 at night. Is he just beginning his quest?

Cold Granite

Logan McRae, Book 1

By:
Stuart MacBride

Narrated by:
Steve Worsley

Length: 13 hrs and 20 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
301

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
281

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
279

It's DS Logan McRae's first day back on the job after a year off on the sick, and it couldn't get much worse. Three-year-old David Reid's body is discovered in a ditch: strangled, mutilated and a long time dead. And he's only the first. There's a serial killer stalking the Granite City, and the local media are baying for blood. Soon the dead are piling up in the morgue almost as fast as the snow on the streets, and Logan knows time is running out. More children are going missing. More are going to die.

4 out of 5 stars

Great Story -- But NOT For The Faint Of Heart!

By
AK Raven
on
06-27-17

Slow Horses

Slough House, Book 1

By:
Mick Herron

Narrated by:
Gerard Doyle

Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
938

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
867

Story

4 out of 5 stars
866

Slough House is a dumping ground for British intelligence agents who've screwed up cases in any number of ways - by leaving a secret file on a train or blowing a surveillance. River Cartwright, one such "slow horse", is bitter about his failure and about his tedious assignment transcribing cell phone conversations. When a young man is abducted and his kidnappers threaten to broadcast his beheading live on the Internet, River sees an opportunity to redeem himself.

5 out of 5 stars

fantastic

By
Josh Alford
on
07-05-17

Those We Left Behind

The Belfast Novels

By:
Stuart Neville

Narrated by:
Michelle Ferguson

Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
182

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
170

Story

4 out of 5 stars
169

Blood has always been thicker than water for two Northern Irish brothers caught in the Belfast foster system, but a debt of past violence will be paid not just by them but also by those they left behind. Ciaran Devine, who made Belfast headlines seven years ago as the "schoolboy killer", is about to walk free. At the age of 12, he confessed to the brutal murder of his foster father; his testimony mitigated the sentence of his older brother, Thomas, who was also found at the crime scene, covered in blood.

4 out of 5 stars

Belfast noir with a new female lead

By
David
on
03-02-17

The Witch Elm

A Novel

By:
Tana French

Narrated by:
Paul Nugent

Length: 22 hrs and 7 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
4,028

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
3,754

Story

3.5 out of 5 stars
3,739

Toby is a happy-go-lucky charmer who's dodged a scrape at work and is celebrating with friends when the night takes a turn that will change his life - he surprises two burglars who beat him and leave him for dead. Struggling to recover from his injuries, beginning to understand that he might never be the same man again, he takes refuge at his family's ancestral home to care for his dying uncle Hugo. Then a skull is found in the trunk of an elm tree in the garden - and as detectives close in, Toby is forced to face the possibility that his past may not be what he has always believed.

4 out of 5 stars

Yes, the Main Character Comes Off Poorly, But...

By
Marina
on
10-19-18

Lane

A Case For Willows And Lane, Book 1

By:
Peter Grainger

Narrated by:
Henrietta Meire

Length: 5 hrs and 1 min

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
296

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
279

Story

4 out of 5 stars
275

"So I thought I might take up paragliding. You know, buy one on eBay and just jump off the cliff one morning." Emily Willows is middle-aged, widowed, wealthy, and bored. When she makes those flippant remarks to her son over coffee one Friday, she has no inkling that within a few hours she will be facing the most terrifying situation of her life.

5 out of 5 stars

IT'S A DEFINITE YES

By
Ann
on
05-30-18

A Dying Breed

By:
Peter Hanington

Narrated by:
Jonathan Keeble

Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
439

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
413

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
408

A debut novel in the vein of Greene and le Carré, A Dying Breed is a brilliant and gripping story of the politics of news reporting, intrigue and blood set between the dark halls of Whitehall, the shadowy corridors of the BBC and the perilous streets of Kabul, in the shadowy le Carré-esque world of foreign correspondents reporting from war zones around the world. Carver, an old BBC hack, is warned off a story when a bomb goes off, killing a local official in Kabul, but his instincts tell him something isn't quite right....

5 out of 5 stars

A gripping story, I just could not put it away.

By
Julie
on
06-04-16

The Black Echo: Harry Bosch Series, Book 1

By:
Michael Connelly

Narrated by:
Dick Hill

Length: 13 hrs and 49 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
13,317

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
10,538

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
10,521

For LAPD homicide cop Harry Bosch - hero, maverick, nighthawk - the body in the drainpipe at Mulholland Dam is more than another anonymous statistic. This one is personal. The dead man, Billy Meadows, was a fellow Vietnam "tunnel rat" who fought side by side with him in a nightmare underground war that brought them to the depths of hell.

4 out of 5 stars

What a Terrific Book

By
Daniel McAfee
on
08-01-08

The Blood Strand

Foroyar Triology, Book 1

By:
Chris Ould

Narrated by:
Matt Addis

Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
211

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
199

Story

4 out of 5 stars
200

Jan Reyna is a murder squad detective, British by adoption and choice, Faroese by birth and history. Called back to the remote Danish Faroe Islands when his father suffers a paralysing stroke, Reyna is forced to reexamine his decades-long rejection of the past and of his father in particular. But in this now-foreign country, whose language and customs he no longer understands, Reyna is also drawn into a rare Faroese murder case.

5 out of 5 stars

excellent first book

By
Dr. William J. Kass
on
03-22-16

Publisher's Summary

An illegal immigrant is killed in a hit-and-run on a frozen mountain road in the town of Fairview, Colorado. No one is prosecuted for his death and his case is quietly forgotten. Six months later another illegal makes a treacherous run across the border, barely escaping with her life. She finds work as a maid and, secretly, begins to investigate the death of her father. But she isn't a maid, and she's not Mexican. She's Detective Mercado, a police officer from Havana, and she's looking for answers to her father's death. McKinty's live-wire prose is riveting, right up to a final, shocking conclusion.

Critic Reviews

"This amazing novel....has riveting mystery, politics of just about every shade, and thrills on almost every page. . . .This is going to be the BIG BOOK of 2009." - (Ken Bruen, author of
The Guards and
Once Were Cops)

Story

Anxiously Awaited

(Review is by David's wife) I am a fan of the "Dead" trilogy and was happy to see this new book released w/o any delay on Audible.
I recommend this book, it's a great listen, the narrator is perfect for this book. This is not like the "Dead" trilogy, it's a different story told from a female POV and I thought it was spot on. The beginning starts with a great hook, I had to know how Mercado got to that point and enjoyed the flashbacks and background and waited for the story to unfold... as it always does in a McKinty novel. While I know little of Cuba and the conditions there, I feel the author did his research and the details certainly feel authentic, I was educated and entertained.
I certainly didn't feel this story was smut but is not a children's story, it's about tough situations and people, not good fairies.
I recommend this book (and McKinty's other books, as well) for well developed stories and characters that will remain with you long after you finish the book.

Another Achievement in Suspense from McKinty

Here's what you need to know:

This is the new thriller from the author of the excellent Michael Forsythe trilogy ("Dead I May Well Be," "The Dead Yard" and "The Bloomsday Dead," all available from Audible. These three books introduced Michael Forsythe and told his epic story of blood and love. If you read (or listened to) the "Dead" books, you need no introduction or further encouragement. Just add to your cart and proceed with your latest injection of high-test McKinty.

If the aforementioned titles are new to you, you are in for a real treat. Mr. McKinty spins dark tales of revenge which glow with the reality of humanity. His characters and stories move with purpose, and take you along on adventures which defy interruption.

It's an old cliche that a story is impossible to put down, but in the case of Fifty Grand, it's the literal truth. Enjoy the ride!

magical

There's something magical that happens at the end of a McKinty book. You can't get there unless you listen to the whole book, but when you do, the end will bring you to a new understanding of life. McKinty always offers the reader an astounding meditation on the main character's theme.

McKinty's books are tough, however beautiful. They discuss difficult political and social issues. This is a hard book to get into, but once in the flow, you won't be able to stop. I strongly recommend it. I listened to the last chapter multiple times. This narrator is perfect for the content and did a spectacular job.

I'm a fan of the "dead" trilogy and fell in love with Hidden River. The only bad news is now I have to wait a year or so for the next Adrian McKinty book.

What a letdown

I was completely entranced with the Michael Forsythe series that began with "Dead I May Well Be." Forsythe was a character that was likable and believable. I have tried listening to "Fifty Grand" four times. So far I have only made it to the one hour mark. Each time I am confused and disapointed in this sad attempt by Mckinty. Those of us who love his previous works can only hope he gets back on track. Oh yeah, the narrator is horrible.

chris667

Adrian McKinty is possibly the best writer working in this genre today. This book seems to be the result of the hard realities of life that McKinty absorbs and weaves into stories that enthrall and sometimes shock. His dialogue is as raw as peeled shrimp and just as pungent. Best of all though are his characters who posses the complex and conflicting natures that make them so likable and deplorable at the same time. Fifty Grand isn't a book as much as it is an experience, one that will leave a more in tune with human nature than you were before you read it. It is utterly refreshing to read a suspense novel that does not have formula at its very soul. Adrian McKinty I thank you for giving us a work of originality that entertains and informs. Anyone who thinks other wise is an eedjit.

Audible recommended this?

This was really disappointing. Frequently, books that Audible recommends (e.g., The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) are good. This was not.

The plot was hard to believe. I won't give spoilers, but the time frames are all wrong. At times, the novel is pointlessly violent. I don't mind violence, but in this novel, it felt like it was added on as a dramatic device.

The narration was overdone. The reader tried too hard to do too many distinct voices. Most of the the male voices are grating. The Latin accent of the narrator was very forced. The reader has a nice speaking voice (when she reads the title at the start of each part), but I don't like this much drama in a reading.

I've downloaded two clinkers in a row from Audible. I might just listen to music for a while.

Way too many digressions

Having enjoyed The Dead Yard by McKinty I thought I'd enjoy this, his latest book. This one was so much slower and had waaay too many digressions that were plain boring. Disappointed - good when the action is happening, but all the description was way too much for my 90 minute commute. Narrator was okay but, overall too much fluff to hold me engrossed. Certanly didn't stay in the car to listen to this one as I did with Dead Yard.

Pleasant Surprise

I was surprised to find this book on my iPod. I don't remember downloading it. I have never heard of the author or of the book by its title. So naturally I listened to it. I thought it was an excellent 'read' and thought the narrator did a good job. It is hard to imagine this book read by a male narrator, or any female reader doing a better job. The book has a sort of 'rapid fire' style which might put some people off. Also it might be offensive to Scientologists.

Haunting

This is a very good experience. Adrian McKinty leaps the gap between reality and narrative... Hmmmm... No... Perhaps he heals it. And Paula Christensen brings Mercado's voice to haunting life... Particularly her internal voice.

McKinty exploits suspense/mystery to examine an individual's options when culture, politics, and violence exert crushing pressure upon anyone, or anything that's impelled to act - individually. Sometimes McKinty's own drive to examine the trees though, distracts us from the forest. In this case Mercado's internal monologues occasionally pulled me out of the story arc and, well.... It's not good for the magician to remind the audience that his left hand's doing things when we want to be amazed by the right hand that's abruptly full of rabbit. Y'know?

Maybe this book needed just a hair more editing and compression: hence my overall 4 rather than 5 stars. But hey... I am judging McKinley by his own standards and consequently I found this story, overall, to be unnecessarily slower than each of the others I heard before it.

Regardless... "Fifty Grand" is marvelous. McKinty and Christensen are a powerful team of artists. Buy it, listen, and feeeel.